Arlanda Airport

Aerial photo of the Stockholm-Arlanda Airport Photo of the new Pier F

LufthavnsKonsulenterne ApS - Airports Consultants (L-K) acted as consultants for the owner in connection with the extension of Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, Project Arlanda 2002. The consulting services provided included master planning, and the design of gates, taxiways, aprons, blast fencing and access roads.

The Airport

Stockholm -Arlanda is one of the largest air- In order to accommodate the increasing ports in Northern Europe. Its three runways amount of traffic, the Swedish Civil Aviation are 3,300 m, 2,500 m and 2,500 m in length Administration decided to extend the airport respectively. There are four passenger term i- with a new Pier F (with 14 gates), a new North nals, five cargo terminals, 50 terminal gates Terminal, a new South Terminal and new re- and 54 remote gates. mote gates. At the same time, many of the e x- In 2001, the airport serviced 18.1 million pas- isting gates were to be altered. sengers, of which 11.4 million were travelling on international flights and 6.7 million on do- mestic flights. There were 276,000 depar- LufthavnsKonsulenterne tures and arrivals in 2001. Tømmerup Stationsvej 10 DK-2770 Kastrup Denmark

Tel.: +45 32 52 40 90 Fax.: +45 32 52 47 90 Email: [email protected] Website: www.L-K.dk LufthavnsKonsulenterne ApS Consulting Engineers Airport Consultants Master planning

In connection with this modernisation of technical and passenger aspects of re- Stockholm -Arlanda, L-K continuously mote gates, airline grouping, area use, prepared master plans to meet the ideas the moving of existing functions and ac- that emerged. cess/fire roads, the design of new taxi- Among other things, master planning ways and taxiway junctions in relation to Map of Stockholm-Arlanda Airport included cargo requirement analysis, traffic load.

Gate design

L-K was responsible for the planning Gate design also included area use, and design of all gates at Stockholm - handling vehicle positioning and the Arlanda Airport. The objective was to simulation of vehicles at the gate. Analy- optimise individual gates with respect to ses were also performed to establish the logistics surrounding the aircraft, the push-back functions and accompanying connection to the building with movable push-back procedures. The final result aero-bridges and the logistics of adjoin- was used direct for detailed planning. ing taxiways, etc. Handling of B747-400

New Pier F

A new pier was built in connection with All gates were designed with centre the extension of Stockholm -Arlanda. The lines, stop positions, handling facilities Gate layout, Pier F east project was offered in competition within for cargo/catering/baggage/fuel/cleaning/ the EU and was won by the firm of archi- toilets, supply points for ground systems tects KHRAS Arkitekter. The new pier, (400 Hz power supplies, PCA, water, Pier F, contains 14 gates with aero- fuel), rotundas with inclined gangways bridges. Six type C aircraft, four type D for connecting aero-bridges to aircraft of or three type D/one type E can dock on varying sizes, lighting systems, push- the western side of the pier, while eight back procedures, etc. type C aircraft, four type D/type E or two The complex design of the eastern side type F can dock on the eastern side. included nose-in and push-back proce- Planning involved positioning the build- dures in relation to the existing buildings ing in relation to the existing Pier E and roads in the area. The design also (Terminal 5) and redesigning the apron included a remote area for four type C between the two piers, including access aircraft opposite Pier F east. from the taxiway system. Push-back, Pier F east

LufhavnsKonsulenterne ApS - Airport Consultants is a consulting engineering company specialising in airport planning. LufthavnsKonsulenterne is at the forefront of airport design and has participated in various projects concerning the extension and renovation of several large civil airports. The company's wide experience and specialist knowledge of cross-disciplinary design allow u s to efficiently perform all aspects of planning, renovation and extension. The company is based at Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup, Denmark.

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